[cs63201] regarding homework #3

Mikhail Nesterenko mikhail at cs.kent.edu
Wed Dec 7 00:50:00 EST 2011



> In our homework #3, the first question asks us the reason for "not leading
> to a missed deadlock". Does this essentially refer to the phantom deadlocks
> situation in the algorithm?

Phantom deadlock is a "false positive": deadlock detection when the
deadlock is not present. Missed deadlock is "false negative": the
existing deadlock is not detected at all.

Thanks,
-- 
Mikhail


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